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मक्षी (makSI)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
makṣī (= AMg. macchī
cf. Skt. makṣikā, Ved. makṣ, makṣā
Pali only makkhikā recorded), fly, or other winged insect: Mv 〔i.211.5〕 = 〔ii.15.5〕 (prose) makṣī pi, even a fly (did not fly over the bodhisattvaʼs mother while he was in her womb). So, or °kṣi, the mss. both times, unanimously
Senart em. pakṣī, quite needlessly.